MELISSA: Describe how you got into each of your roles? What was your path?
TARA: When I was 14 I was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease and it made me want to learn about how food can heal my disease. I was medicated from the moment I got diagnosed and I wanted to see if I could heal myself, so I got into veganism. Since becoming vegan, my inflammation levels were zero and it was the first time in my entire life. After business school, I enrolled in the The Natural Gourmet Institute and totally fell in-love. All of my teachers at cooking school were all ex-vegetarians and current meat eaters. They taught us that you have to listen to your body and what it wants. It isn’t about being extremely excessive, it’s more so about knowing what your body needs. I stopped being a vegan after 3 years and put more thought into my diet and what my body needs. When I finished cooking school I decided to enroll in The Institute for Integrated Nutrition where they had health coaching programs, different dietary theories, and how to coach people in nutrition. During that time, How You Glow started, and I was busy doing a lot of different things from meal deliveries, to coaching clients. Eventually, I chose to focus on How You Glow where everything I love is incorporated into one site, with fashion, food, design, health and wellness. I have been obsessed with crystals from a young age and took my trip to Bali as an inspiration for my collections.
MELISSA: How do you seek inspiration for your blog?
TARA: Traveling is huge for me. I think I’ve taken 42 flights this year alone! I feel very weird when I’m not in a new place or exploring, it’s my ultimate high to find a place and sharing it with people. My inspiration is trying to share the goodness that I find for other people. It makes me feel really good to know that my findings added something special to other people’s lives.
MELISSA: Do you have any specific beauty routines or products that you are loving right now?
TARA: My constant has been Vintner’s Daughter. It is truly the most magical product. I also love the creamy cleanser by True Botanicals. I just started using  Melanie Simon’s Vitamin C Serum. I am also obsessed with sunscreen in any environment, whether I’m inside or outside. Sometimes I switch into the Joanna Vargas Serumas a base underneath everything else.